Highlights
The page features research highlights at SoMAS.
Caribbean Sharks in Need of Large Marine Protected Areas
Marine experts including a SoMAS scientist appeal to policy makers in a letter in Science Governments must provide larger spatial protections in the Greater Caribbean for threatened, highly migratory species such as sharks, is the call from a diverse group of marine...
SoMAS Research Examines How Dust Particles in the Air Affect Formation of Ice
Photo above: Microscope image of droplets, about 50 µm in diameter, that are cooled below the melting point of ice (0 °C). The diameter of a human hair is about 70 µm. Lighter shaded droplets are liquid. Darker shaded droplets formed ice and thus appear darker....
SoMAS Study Examines Efficiency of Medicine Removal from Wastewater Treatment Plants
Photo above: Irvin Huang, an advanced graduate student in SBU’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, uses molecular biology to understand the impacts of pollutants on fish health and survival. A large portion of his dissertation research took place in the lab...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2020-01-22
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on January 22, 2020. The flyover mosaic is available below. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By...
SoMAS Study Confirms Climate Change Impacted Hurricane Florence’s Precipitation and Size
From Study Confirms Climate Change Impacted Hurricane Florence’s Precipitation and Size on Stony Brook University News, January 2, 2020. STONY BROOK, January 2, 2020 — A study led by Kevin Reed, PhD, Assistant Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-12-8
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on December 8, 2019. The flyover mosaic is available below. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By...
Substantial Natural History Collection Gifted to SoMAS
Photo above: the Research Vessel Seawolf conducting a cruise on the Hudson River. From Extraordinary Collection of Marine Specimens and Data Donated to University on SBU News, December 6, 2019 Gift provides a windfall of unpublished biological and water quality data...
SoMAS Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article
Photo above: Noah Strycker with an Adélie Penguin chick From Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article on Stony Brook News by Nicholas Raffel on November 26, 2019 It’s no surprise that tensions are high between birdwatchers...
New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force to Meet on December 3
The third public meeting of the NYS Ocean Acidification Task Force will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 6:30-8:30 pm in 201 Wang Center. All are invited to attend. Dr. Brad Peterson from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University will...
NY Sea Grant Contributes to Marine Aquaculture Research Projects
Photo above: SBU’s Bassem Allam is the lead PI on a study of hard clams (photo by Bassem Allam); Inset photo: A worker at Norm Bloom & Son Oysters offloads shellfish harvested from the company’s beds in Norwalk, CT (photo by Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant)....